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What's important is that Al Jazeera has found a way into an estimated 40 million American homes through the purchase of Current TV, and that is a good thing a very good thing.

Jules Witcover says the enigmatic Connecticut senator had a streak for independence, and for self-preservation

Mitt Romney's chameleon-like nature makes him distrusted by the full spectrum of the party that nominated him for president.

Harford County voters had many reasons for packing the county's 75 polling places of Election Day Tuesday, and not all of them had to do with electing the nation's next commander-in-chief.

An Electoral College deadlock might produce some surprising results

Whether you vote early or wait until the traditional Election Day on Nov. 6, please do vote. One way or the other, history will be made. Why not be a part of it?

As difficult as Hurricane Sandy is making our lives, Americans can't afford to lose sight of their obligation to vote

Frustration with presidential candidates is understandable but voting third party is not

Vice President Joe Biden gave Obama a lifeline in Thursday's debate, but he may have run too hot for undecided voters.

For Democrats, any excuse will do, including blaming it on Bo

It wasn't the altitude that made President Obama stumble in the first debate. It was his woeful leadership qualities.

History shows that Romney's success this week could translate into real results at the polls

Mitt Romney won the debate with President Obama, but he didn't produce the kind of made-for-TV moments that would make it a game-changer in this election.

Parsing the polls may be an art, but don't put too much stock in them

Charismatic or not, Barack Obama should use his appearance in Charlotte to articulate an agenda for a second term

Cal Ripken Jr., Brooks Robinson and Johnny Unitas are part of The Sun remembers This Week in Sports for September 2-8.

Maryland's delegation to the Republican National Convention returns home to a state that Mitt Romney is given little chance of carrying in November and a slate of congressional candidates that is being heavily outspent in every district but one. In other words, state Republicans come back to reality

Forget the broadcast networks of ABC, NBC and CBS. And forget PBS, too, unless you are part of the minority that doesn't have cable or online access.

Former vice president Al Gore will anchor convention coverage on his Current TV channel, it was announced Wednesday. This is what happens if you own the candy store, I guess. But when was the last time a former Nobel Prise winner sat in the anchor chair at a convention?

Despite incidents like the recent Colorado shootings, politicians don't want to talk about gun control, and no wonder. They read the polls.

The Social Security Administration drew a couple of C's Thursday on a report card grading federal agencies on the clarity of their communications with the public.

Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, wanted there to be so many more women astronauts that it would no longer be a novelty.

Hundreds of Green Party members arrived Thursday in Baltimore to pick a long-shot candidate for president, even as the party has been forced to scramble for a spot on Maryland's ballot this fall.

Kara Ball, a director at the National Wildlife Federation, speaks on Climate Reality Project June 21 at West Laurel Civic Association meeting. Bond Mill Elementary School's Destination Imagination team returns from global competition in Tennessee, with added problem solving skills.

Former vice president Al Gore's Climate Reality Project is the topic of a program at the West Laurel Civic Association's meeting on Thursday, June 21 at 7:30 p.m. at the West Laurel Community Building, 16501 Supplee Lane (off Brooklyn Bridge Road).

Jules Witcover says America apparently wasn't ready for Americans Elect

Joe Biden's latest "gaffe," on gay marriage, ends up doing Obama a favor

Sports columnist Ken Rosenthal discusses a moment that wrote itself

Mitt Romney should select a running mate with one thought in mind — can he or she be trusted with the top job?

Presidential campaign: To assess their leadership, question them about their vision, strategy and management style

If Mitt Romney is interested in shoring up his weaknesses as a general election candidate, he needs to pick someone like Sen. Rob Portman, not Sen. Marco Rubio or Rep. Paul Ryan.

To win his suit, the ex-anchorman has to attack a liberal icon

And what could be crazier than replacing him with Eliot Spitzer, the least trusted man on televison?

Joe Biden may get his foot stuck in his mouth, but he never comes across as awkward in trying to connect to audiences of diverse backgrounds.

Despite some disappointments, Obama is the most progressive president since FDR — and the alternative is unimaginable

With the sale of Constellation Energy, Baltimore is now the largest city in the nation without a Fortune 500 company headquarters. Still, this is no reason for despair.

Current TV, the prime-time home of Keith Olbermann, Wednesday announced a strong election-year move with Jennifer Granholm joining the channel in January to host a show weeknights at 9 following Olbermann's.

Karen Hosler writes that the great environmental hope has been exposed as a hoax; conservation is a better bet than magic elixirs

Let's jump in the time machine and flash back in time to the early 2000s when Tom Cruise wasn't a known crazy person, "Freedom Fries" were an innovation in redneck culinary circles and men under the age of 40 wearing visors in public was considered to be socially acceptable. Thanks to Al Gore's Internet invention, fantasy football was starting to blow up -- and we were advised to select running backs with our first 13 or so picks.